TATURA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Phone: 5824 1684 Fax: 5824 1898 Before/After School Care: 9758 6744 (After the Bell)

Email: tatura.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.taturaps.vic.edu.au

4 December 2019 Week 9 Term 4

PRINCIPAL’S PIECE

Thanks Ms Ritchie and Mr Mellington During the month of November I enjoyed time away with family and friends as I took advantage of some long service leave. I had two amazing experiences. Two weeks in the tropics of Fiji followed by a week in the desert at Uluru. I want to thank Tracey for taking on the role of Acting Principal so confidently and capably. Thanks also to Nick for doing a great job in the role of Acting Assistant Principal during this time. I have come back to enjoy the rest of the term with you all as we plan for 2020 and celebrate the great achievements in learning in 2019. The End-of-Year Concert evening is looming As I walk around the school and visit classes, I see that practice for the concert is well and truly underway. The concert will start at 7pm on Monday 16 December. It will be preceded by a family evening, supported by Parents and Friends. Please support their BBQ on the night. Food will be available from 5pm. In anticipation of a balmy evening, P&F will be selling drinks, watermelon and Zooper Doopers. They are still looking for help on the night. Please contact the office if you can help out with the BBQ. Assemblies A reminder that we only have one assembly remaining for the term. It will be on Friday 13 December at 9am. Come along to celebrate more C.A.R.E. awards. Our final Terrific Kids Awards will also be presented by Mooroopna Kiwanis. Helpers Morning Tea Throughout the year we are grateful to our many parent, family and community helpers who support the teaching and learning of our students at the school. To show our appreciation, the staff would like to provide morning tea on Friday 13 December in the library. Please arrive from 11am to meet the staff for a cuppa and a chat. All family and members of our wider school community are invited to attend and will be made extremely welcome. Before and After School Care? We are thankful to ‘After the Bell’ for the great service they provide to our families. They offer care from 7:30am each morning and up until 6pm in the evenings. To enquire about registering your child for care in 2020, please contact ‘After the Bell’ on 9758 6744.

STAFFING AND CLASSES FOR 2019 I have pleasure to announce that we have some new teachers joining our staff next year. At the same time we are saying goodbye to others. James Nihill will be taking time to travel and work overseas. Billie Kovacs is looking at opportunities interstate. Fulvia Curtis and Maggie Borrelli will still be around the area and we may see them from time to time at TPS! Our gardener, Greg Cowan, is retiring to do more work around the farm! We wish all these wonderful supporters of our school all the best in the future. Decisions have been made about where staff will be teaching next year and I would like to share this with you now. As for the selection of students into the classes, you can be sure that the staff are giving careful consideration to the best approach. They will be considering all factors and your child’s class will be announced on Thursday 19 December. In 2020 our classes (over the page) will run as follows:

FAMILY INVOICES

With only two weeks of school for this year remaining, it would be

appreciated if all family accounts could be paid.

2020 STUDENT CHARGES

At last month’s School Council meeting, School Council set the charges for students for 2020 at

$300.

Eligible families may be able to apply for CSEF which covers the cost of ex/incursions. Families

will be required to pay for camps and other activities which are optional and applicable to

individual students. 3/4 and 5/6 Camps are expected to cost approximately $330 per student.

Families are most welcome to pay by instalments. Please make arrangements with the school

office.

In 2020, families are required to purchase their own stationery

requirements for their child/ren from whichever supplier they prefer eg:

Officeworks, Big W, Kmart, newsagents. Booklists will be given to students

early next week. Whilst particular brands may be recommended, the

choice is yours to make.

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

Raffle books for our Christmas raffle have been sent home with your child.

We would be most appreciative if you are able to sell these and return

money and books by 12 December. Prizes will be drawn at the end of

year concert.

We would also be most grateful for donations of items for prizes such as non perishable food

items, Christmas items (decorations, cards, wrapping paper, activity books). Items may be left

at the school office.

Junior Section Middle Section Senior Section

Foundation - Rachel Farrar 3 / 4 – Amanda Ross 5 / 6 – Nicholas Mellington/ Sarah Daldy

Foundation - Lauren Wangeman 3 / 4 – Charlotte Aburrow 5 / 6 – Nicole Evans

1 / 2 – Tayla Callaway 3 / 4 – Justine Russell 5 / 6 – Fiona Smith

1 / 2 – Penny Wettern

1 / 2 – Carlie Whitford

Arts: Donna Crosbie Science: Pru Fraser PE/Health: Doug Miller Intervention: Tracy Fitzpatrick Education Support: Roberta Gibbs, Janet Barresi, Sam Aitken, Michal Newman, Lauren Amery, Vanessa Poole Principal Class: Susanne Gill, Tracey Ritchie

Colour Explosion We have finished our Colour Explosion event with all of our prizes being handed out. Each

class completed a PMI (feedback) for the event. We are very interested to hear back from our

parents about this event.

Would you support another event 2020? (Please tick) Yes or No

We would really appreciate any feedback you have about this event. Please fill-in the form &

return it to the front office. A PMI allows you to tell us what was good (positive) about the

event (P), what wasn’t good (minus) about the event (M) & how could we improve this event

(I).

If you feel comfortable attaching your name please do but we are happy to receive

confidential feedback as well. NAME:____________________________

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What would you like to see happen if it was possible?

Junior News Dress Up Day: Australian Animals

We all had a fabulous Day on our dress up day. We started the day with our parade under the big shed. Thank you to all our parents & guardians who helped their child with their costume.

The students enjoyed making animal biscuits, building shelters for animals, kangaroo bag tags, painting masks & directed drawing.

Concert clothing:

Outfits students will need to wear on the night are:

Foundation A— wear blue shorts or skirts (denim is fine) with a blue top on the night. They will need to wear sensible shoes .

Foundation B— Girls: dress up as a Princess (with sensible footwear), Boys: dress up as a cowboy (Black Hat and Black Boots prefera-bly).

Gr 1s—yellow or brown t-shirt & shorts or pants

Gr 2s—brightly coloured t-shirt & black sports shorts or pants.

Please be aware that students need to wear shoes & clothing that is sun smart appropriate. Please see your child’s teacher if you are unsure. Thanks

Important Dates:

6th Dec: 2nd whole school transition session 6th Dec: 2nd LARP session 13th Dec: Parent helpers morning tea 13th Dec: final LARP session 16th Dec: School Concert at 6:30pm 18th Dec: 3/4 swimming at Tatura Pool

20th Dec: last day of school 2020

2020 Tatura School Band

The 2020 Grade 5 students have been invited to join the school band next year. All of the students had opportunity to hear the band performing and have a turn at their preferred instrument in an session with our band teacher Lindy Tennant this week. If your child is interested in being a part of the school band next year, they must return the mauve Expression of Interest form to school so Lindy can begin preparations for the allocation of instruments. Involvement in the band has associated costs which are outlined in the note. Students are also required to make a commitment to attend lunchtime rehearsals, band events and practise in their own time.

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2020 Transition:

All students will participate in two transition ses-sions in preparation for 2020. Our grade 3 stu-dents welcomed their grade 2 friends into their classrooms to work on some puzzles. Next ses-sion we will be in a different 3/4 classroom with different friends. 3/4s in

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HOW WE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN AT TATURA PRIMARY

The Instructional Model we are sharing with you today is the HITS model. HITS have emerged from the findings of tens of thousands of studies on what has worked in classrooms across Aus-tralia and the world. International experts often rank HITS at the top of strategies that contribute to student learning. The 10 HITS are;

1. Setting goals 2. Structuring lessons 3. Explicit teaching 4. Worked examples 5. Collaborative learning 6. Multiple exposures 7. Questioning 8. Feedback 9. Metacognitive strategies 10. Differentiation

Teachers will use the 10 different HITS throughout every lesson. We set goals to help students learn, we structure les-sons to help students learn best, we offer explicit teaching points so students know what to do, we provide worked ex-amples of what their completed work will look like, we provide students the opportunity to work collaboratively with their peers, there are multiple exposures to the same topic, we question and provide feedback to students throughout les-sons to clarify their thinking, we use metacognitive strategies (students thinking about their learning) to help under-stand how they learn and we differentiate our lessons so students are working at their Zone of Proximal Development. This document coincides with our other instructional models and allows teachers to use these strategies throughout

their lessons.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about our new instructional models. If you have any other questions about them,

please ask!

PURCHASE A PICKET

As a school fundraiser, we have picket fence panels for sale that we would love families to paint.

These pickets will be installed as a feature of the entrance to the sensory playground.

Drop by the school office to purchase….$10 each.

FRIDAY FRUIT ROSTER TERM 4, 2019

Sponsored by Tatura Medical Centre

SICK BAY WASHING ROSTER TERM 4, 2019

If you are unable to assist, please attempt to find a replacement. Fruit duty (cutting up fruit and delivering to classrooms) takes

approximately 1 hour. Please collect washing on Friday afternoon.

11/10/2019 NO FRUIT—COLOUR RUN 18/10/2019 Mal Wright & Chris Court

25/10/2019 Sally Beale & Lou Normington

01/11/2019 Alana Cope & Dannielle Kay

08/11/2019 Lyana Speed & Pat Robinson

15/11/2019 Helen DeZilwa & Chantelle Gould

22/11/2019 Mal Wright & Chris Court 29/11/2019 Sally Beale & Lou Normington

06/12/2019 Alana Cope & Dannielle Kay

13/12/2019 Lyana Speed & Pat Robinson

11/10/2019 Lyana Speed

18/10/2019 Marni Stevens

25/11/2019 Fiona Shepperbottom

01/11/2019 Simone Dunne

08/11/2019 Cheryl Boyd

15/11/2019 Lyana Speed

22/11/2019 Marni Stevens

29/11/2019 Fiona Shepperbottom

06/12/2019 Simone Dunne

13/12/2019 Cheryl Boyd

Tatura Primary School

Uniform Requirements

2019

Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather conditions of the day.

A combination of the items below can be worn according to their comfort needs.

(Please note that girls must not wear trousers under the summer dress)

Summer dress in school fabric blue/white check with navy thread

School Shorts- navy blue

Plain navy blue long trousers- gabardine or trackpants

Skort- navy blue

Short-sleeved polo shirt- navy blue & sky blue with school logo – (make – Winning Spirit, style PS31)

Skivvy- navy blue

Polo shirt specific to Grade 6 students

Navy blue or white socks

Navy blue tights

Black school shoes/boots or all black school sneakers suitable for PE.

Windcheater- navy blue with school logo

Windbreaker jacket- navy blue with sky blue sleeve stripe with school logo

A plain navy fleece jacket or sleeveless vest with school logo is an option to supplement the uniform

in winter

Hat- navy blue broad-brimmed/bucket (Terms 1 and 4)- optional school logo

Navy blue beanie- optional school logo

Notes:

All uniform, including hats, windcheaters and jackets must be named. Name tapes or machine

embroidered names make the easiest identification.

Variations of uniform (eg: netball skirts, leggings, coloured shoes, visible slogans on clothes) are not

acceptable. Please ask at school if you are unsure.

Students may wear gold/silver earring studs or sleepers or a watch. Girls may wear navy blue or sky

blue hair accessories.

Note that all uniform items are available from Tatura Logos and Promos. Parents are also able to

purchase general navy clothing items that can then be embroidered at Tatura Logos and Promos.

TATURA PRIMARY SCHOOL CANTEEN PRICE LIST – as from 29 January 2019

JOHN SMITH

ROOM 12

1 Pie $4.80

Total $4.80

Money in bag $4.80

Money is in Mary Smith’s

bag/Room 14.

LUNCH ORDERS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY &

FRIDAY

HOT FOOD

Pies 4.80

Party Pies 1.50

Large sausage roll 3.80

Pastie (meat & veg) 4.80

Pastie (veg only) 4.80

Ham, cheese & pineapple focaccia 2.70

Ham & cheese focaccia 2.50

Sauce 0.30

SANDWICHES

Ham 4.00

Ham & cheese 4.70

ROLLS ONLY

Ham & salad** 5.80

Chicken & salad** 7.00

Chicken only 5.00

Ham only 4.00

Ham & cheese 4.70

**salad includes: lettuce, tomato, beet-root & cheese

CAKES

Apple cake 3.40

Hedgehog 3.40

Vanilla slice 3.90

Coffee scroll 2.10

Caramel slice 3.40

YoYo (gluten free) 3.70

DRINKS

Keri Fruity Juice (orange or apple/blackcurrant)

3.20

Paper bag 0.05

LUNCH ORDERS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY &

FRIDAY

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AT THE SCHOOL. NO ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AT TATURA HOT BREAD. *Order to be written on a brown paper bag *Please write your NAME and ROOM NUMBER on the bag *Write the price of each item on your order and total the amount *Indicate how much money has been placed in the bag or *Indicate if money is with a sibling’s lunch order *NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN

Term Four 2019

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9 2 DECEMBER 3 4 2020 Foundation Information evening @ 7pm

5 CURRICULUM DAY

6

Whole school

transition @ 10am

LARP Gr 3-6

10 9

50th Anniversary

meeting @ 3pm

10 Orientation Day

11 12 Grade 6 Graduation

13

Assembly 9am

LARP Gr 3-6

Parent helper

morning tea @ 11am

11 16

CONCERT 7pm

BBQ from

5.30pm-6.45pm

17 Swimming F-2

18 Swimming 3-6 Carols

19 20

Last day of term-

finish @ 1.30pm

2020 Term One WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 27 JANUARY 28 Teachers return

29 Grades 1-6 commence

30 Foundation commence

31

2 3 FEBRUARY 4 5 No Foundation students at school

6 7

3 10 11 12 No Foundation students at school

13 14

4 17 18 19 No Foundation students at school School Council Finance 6pm General 7pm

20 21